Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson near Skinburness: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 28, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
T9268
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Silloth - Silloth
MSN:
414-2303
YOM:
1940
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Silloth on a night training exercise. In unknown circumstances, it crashed in a cliff in Grune Point near Skinburness. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Charles Thomas Dacombe, instructor,
Sgt Louis Brian Eugene Larsen, pilot,
Sgt Brynmor Jones, wireless operator.
Crew:
F/O Charles Thomas Dacombe, instructor,
Sgt Louis Brian Eugene Larsen, pilot,
Sgt Brynmor Jones, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
It is believed that the accident was the consequence of a bird strike.
